J. S. Fletcher

Name: The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9
Author: J. S. Fletcher

The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9 (1924)

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“The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9”, published in 1924, is a work by J. S. Fletcher. It explores elements such as Crippe, Cherry and Uncle Joseph.

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9 (1924)

“ CHAPTER IX ODD JOB MAN Although I was eighteen years of age, fancied myself, I believe, no little, and was about to enter on life as a full-fledged articled clerk, with a tailed coat and top-hat, I still regarded my sister Keziah with awe, as being head and autocrat of our family, and when Cherry flung out this exciting proposition, I turned on her as a small boy might turn on a stern head-master of whom a holiday is suddenly craved. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9 (1924)

“ We’re going to visit the establishment of Crippe, Marine Store dealer. Who Crippe may be we don’t know. Perhaps he’s Krevin—your Uncle Joseph. If he is, Ben, I don’t think we shall find him. If he isn’t, and there’s a Crippe who really is Crippe, then we want to know why Krevin carried Crippe’s cards in his pocket? Perhaps Crippe will tell us; perhaps he won’t. This business, Ben, consists largely of the question-and-answer system. Plenty of questions!—but getting satisfactory answers is the difficulty, and sometimes the very devil! ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9 (1924)

“ I remarked to Cherry that I had had no idea that we were all being so much written about, and he laughed.
“It’s those inside the game who see least of it, Ben,” said he. “The outsiders, the spectators, see most! This is a bit of fat for all these newspaper fellows—yards of good copy it gives ’em! And see how they theorise and speculate and suggest about it!—well, it all helps. The Press is a valuable adjunct to the police, and I’ve known cases in which an astute young reporter did better work than a trained detective. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9 (1924)

“ Joseph Krevin,” replied Cherry. “He might—identify him. Let him come! The sooner Mr. Krevin’s little mystery is cleared up, the better—for everybody, you included, ma’am,” he added, with a significant look. “And—it won’t cost you anything.”
“Let me go, Keziah!” I pleaded.
“Oh, you’ll be ready enough to go, my lad, I’ll warrant!” exclaimed Keziah satirically. “You’d be off this instant, no doubt! But if you’re strong enough to go trapesing about London you’re strong enough to start lawyering at Mr. Philbricks—that’ll be a deal better than running after good-for-naughts like Joseph Krevin. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9 (1924)

“ We bade Mr. Crippe a good-afternoon; Mr. Crippe bade us nothing, and turned again to his canvas bags. We went out into the dismal street.
“Well, you see, Ben, we got some information, after all!” remarked Cherry, cheerfully. “We know more about Uncle Joseph now than we did five minutes ago. Uncle Joseph occasionally does a bit of business with and for Mr. Crippe. And if Mr. Crippe doesn’t know where Uncle Joseph pitches his little tent, perhaps Zetterquist’s do. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9 (1924)

“ Also there was in that room, which had a highly-seasoned atmosphere of spirits, lemons, and strong tobacco, a little bar in one corner, and behind it an elderly, highly-respectable person in an alpaca coat, who was industriously polishing glasses and seemed uncommonly surprised to see us. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 9 (1924)

“ Cherry remarked that he knew Calthorpe Street well enough, and after thanking our informant we left Zetterquist’s and the company of sea-captains, and went away—to find an omnibus going towards Bloomsbury.
“Easy enough to strike Calthorpe Street, Ben,” remarked Cherry. “A well-known lodging house street, that! But I doubt if we shall strike Uncle Joseph. However, we now know an extra bit more about him. Sort of odd-job man, he is. And odd-job men meet queer company, and get mixed up in queer things.” ”

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